1. Another proposal is to have each country name an eminent person to represent it within the contact group. 2. At that point the contact group could add to or subtract from the list of sanctions it has approved. 3. Bosnian officials have repeatedly criticized the contact group for creeping appeasement of the Serbs. 4. A round of shuttle diplomacy by lower-ranking officials of the contact group this month failed to persuade him to do so. 5. A senior U.S. State Department official said that the proposal for Croatia was backed by all five members of the contact group. 6. Aides accompanying Christopher said one purpose of the trip is to revive the contact group and push the stalled peace negotiations forward. 7. But Grubacic regards Milosevic efforts as purely tactical, designed to divide the contact group. 8. But unlike Dayton, which was brokered by the United States, the talks on a Kosovo settlement would be conducted under the auspices of the contact group. 9. Carter said efforts of the United Nations sponsored contact group have been stymied by disagreements between the members of the group. 10. Earlier this year, the United States and Mexican governments set up a contact group of senior officials who would meet regularly to discuss the drug trafficking fight. |